Gardening New Year’s Resolutions
Instead of making resolutions, how about making a list of a few hopes and aspirations for the year?
Mostly started from nursery transplants to make it easy for beginning gardeners. We did plant seeds for radishes and carrots though.
Toddler Garden
It's important for kids to know where their food comes from, so here at Gardenerd we like to start them young. Really young, in the case of this recent garden…
Rare, but becoming more available, Glass Gem Popping Corn is one to grow in 2016.
Garden New Year’s Resolutions 2016
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. High expectations at the beginning of the year often lead to disappointment in a short time, once life steps in to…
December Gardening To-Dos
Time to spray fruit trees with dormant oil in warm-winter areas. At the end of this month, you can start pruning those fruit trees as well.
Take Cover
Cover crops not only fix nitrogen, but help sequester carbon in soils.
Ground turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties.
Ask Gardenerd: Growing Turmeric
An interesting question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week: "My friend and I both live in central South Carolina. Last year we planted turmeric plants in our yards. Now…
A mixture of lettuces and kale, planted from nursery transplants, allow residents to see the difference between starting from seed and buying from the nursery.
Design: Therapeutic Garden For Recovery
Every once in awhile we get to be part of something big. Build a garden that really makes a difference. This is one of those gardens. For those who've never…
Gifts from the Garden
Garden-made gifts take time, but if you start now they'll be ready in time for the holidays.
Multicolored carrots include Yellowstone, Cosmic Purple and Scarlet Nantes
Yes, Virginia, There is a Winter Garden
So many people are shocked to discover that you can grow food in winter. In many places, where the ground freezes, it is more challenging but still possible. In warm-winter…
Where's Gardenerd? In a Hinau tree (Elaeocarpus dentatus) at a local park.
Where’s Gardenerd: Spring in New Zealand!
Imagine our joy when we saw the first photos documenting Where's Gardenerd popping up in New Zealand last week. Perfect timing because it's spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and gardens…